Question | Answer |
Democratic | Ensuring that all people have the same rights |
Laissez-faire | The government should play a small role in the economy |
Precedent | A decision or tradition passed down from a past President |
Neutrality | Not choosing a side |
New Orleans | A city located in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River |
Treaty of Ghent | The treaty that ended the War of 1812 |
Judicial Review | The Supreme Court has the right to say whether laws passed are constitutional |
Expedition | A journey |
Impressment | The taking of sailors and making them work in your navy |
Sectionalism | A deep pride in your state or region |
Nationalism | A deep pride in your country |
Embargo Act | The United States refuses to import or export trading goods with any country |
Thomas Jefferson | The Third President of the United States |
Thomas Jefferson’s Political Party | Republican |
Napoleon Bona parte | The leader of France |
Toussaint L’Overture | A Haitian slave that led the independence movement against the French |
Lewis and Clark | Sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
Monroe and Livingston | Sent by Thomas Jefferson to France to purchase Louisiana Territory |
Sacajawea | A Shoshone woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark west |
Henry Clay | Wanted to go to war with Britain in the War of 1812 |
War Hawks | People who have war fever and want to go to war |
Andrew Jackson | The military leader at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 |
Neutrality Proclamation | A policy created by George Washington that stated the US would not choose sides between Britain and France |
Nonintercourse Act | The United States imports and exports goods to every country except Britain and France |
Louisiana Purchase | An area of land bought by Thomas Jefferson for fifteen million dollars |
Revolt in Haiti | Ended Napoleon’s dreams of an empire in the Americas |
Haiti’s cash crop | Sugar plantations |
Marbury verses Madison | Established the principle of judicial review |
Was the Louisiana Purchase constitutional? | Yes, a President can make a treaty |
What type of interpretation of the Constitution did Thomas Jefferson use to purchase Louisiana? | Loose |
What happened to the United States’ economy because of the Embargo Act? | It decreased |
What happened to the United States’ economy because of the Nonintercourse Act? | It increased |
What happened to the United States’ economy because of the war between Britain and France? | It increased |
Which two countries fought in the War of 1812? | Britain versus United States |
What was the nickname of the War of 1812? | The Second American Revolution |
What were the four causes of the War of 1812? | Impressment of sailor, taking of cargo, giving Native American guns, and wanting Canadian land |
What were four developments during the War of 1812? | The capital was burnt, naval warfare, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem and saved a prisoner, and the USS Constitution defeats the Guirerre |
Who won the War of 1812? | The United States |
What lesson did the US learn from the war of 1812? | Need better communication systems |
What event happens after the War of 1812? | Industrial Revolution |
What were four results of the War of 1812? | The White House is painted white, the national anthem is crease, Battle of New Orleans occurs after the treaty was signed and Andrew Jackson becomes a war hero |